La Revue des Vins de France
June 2008, special vintage 2007
Renardières White 2007
Our favourite at Menetou in 2007. A rich, not excessively woody wine endowed with an excellent structure and strong aftertaste.
Renardières Red 2007
Two great samples: A gourmet wine with cherry overtones (14/20, 12.50€) for the cuvée Domaine and a strong volume in the mouth with a good potential for Les Renardières. Cuvée Domaine gaining ground.
La Revue de Vins de France
June 2007, special vintage 2006
Domaine White 2006
Well-matured, clean bouquet, balanced and gourmet in the mouth, on top of a mineral background.
Renardières Red 2006
The frankness of fruit overtones is the most striking aspect of the former; Les Renardières has a strong tannin content, suggesting great potential.
VINO MAGAZINE (Belgium)
January 2007
Les Renardières Red 2004
Deep ruby robe.
A woody initial bouquet followed by a second more sparkling analysis with raspberry, cherry, blackberry aromas with exemplary hold.
Ample and rounded attack followed by a full mouthfeel, with sumptuous fruit overtones, which extends delightfully.
A little patience is needed before the woodiness is expressed with decisiveness. Very promising.
Returning to the family domain in 1998, Philippe Gilbert immediately turned his attention to establishing the vineyard’s credentials. This is an unending task demanding conviction, careful selection of advisors and total commitment to both one’s own quality requirements and the provision of service to partners, which have always been, and indeed remain, a part of the credo of this proverbially humble owner. (…) A remarkable vineyard from all points of view.
Les Renardières White 2004
Remarkable olfactory analysis with toasted, truffle, apricot aromas and an exquisite mineral touch.
A fat attack, quickly becoming mineral.
Sparkling in the mouth, with a well-integrated racy woodiness.
Long finish with a tenacious mineral character. What an eloquence…
Menetou-Salon White 2005
A fine bouquet in which exotic and yellow-citrus fruit fight each other for attention. A velvety attack in the mouth quickly becoming more direct, livelier. Rounded in the mouth, quite fat, with no lack of subtlety. Good lively finish.
Wine Spectator (Etats-Unis)
August 2007
Menetou-Salon White 2005
My encounter with the wine of the Domaine Philippe Gilbert can be encapsulated in one sentence: the best offered to me for tasting in this appellation. A subtle and captivating bouquet with flower, lemon-zest, honey, herbs and chalk-dust overtones. An astonishing pallet, rich yet subtle, which breaks down into stimulating lemon, flower and herb aromas.
I have learned of a “Les Renardières” cuvée, and I deeply regret not being able to taste it.